The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 8, 2199
Waning Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 PM
11:12 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3422
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.3° / 295.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 08m / 13.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.46° / 0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.77° / -0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.55° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.